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THE SECOND BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 8
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David defeats and subjects many nations—The Lord is with him—He executes judgment and justice unto all his people.
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And</span> after this it came to pass, that David <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 18: 1 (1-17).">smote</a> the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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And he smote <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 24: 17.">Moab</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/8/2b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE, apparently, determined their size and put the taller, stronger to death.">measured</a> them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive.  And <i>so</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/8/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 1: 1; 2 Kgs. 3: 5.">Moabites</a> became David’s servants, <i>and</i> brought gifts.
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&#182; David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
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And David took from him a thousand <i>chariots,</i> and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot <i>horses,</i> but reserved of them <i>for</i> an hundred chariots.
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And when the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB Aram; i.e. Aramaeans. They were later called ‘Syrians’ by Greek peoples.">Syrians</a> of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, <i>and</i> brought gifts.  And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> preserved David whithersoever he went.
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And David took the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 11: 10.">shields</a> of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
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&#182; When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
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Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.  And <i>Joram</i> brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
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Which also king David did <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 7: 51; 1 Chr. 26: 27 (26-27).">dedicate</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
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Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 10: 14 (6-14).">Ammon</a>, and of the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/8/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 5: 25 (17-25).">Philistines</a>, and of <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/8/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 17: 14; 1 Sam. 30: 18 (1-20).">Amalek</a>, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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And David gat <i>him</i> a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 14: 7.">salt</a>, <i>being</i> eighteen thousand <i>men.</i>
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&#182; And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 27: 37 (29-40); Num. 24: 18; 2 Kgs. 3: 9; Ps. 60: 8.">Edom</a> became David’s servants.  And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> preserved David whithersoever he went.
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And David <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 5: 4.">reigned</a> over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 20: 23 (23-26).">Joab</a> the son of Zeruiah <i>was</i> over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud <i>was</i> recorder;
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 15: 24; 1 Kgs. 2: 35; 1 Chr. 6: 8; 1 Chr. 24: 3.">Zadok</a> the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, <i>were</i> the priests; and Seraiah <i>was</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/8/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Scribes.">scribe</a>;
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/8/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 25.">Benaiah</a> the son of Jehoiada <i>was over</i> both the Cherethites and the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/8/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 1: 38.">Pelethites</a>; and David’s sons were <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/8/18c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB priests; apparently, in this case, civil ministers.">chief</a> rulers.
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